EMANUEL COUNTY, GA - OBIT  Stubbs, Jasper Newton  1905

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[]Obituary The Adrian Courier, Vol III, No. 14, Adrian,
Georgia, Friday, July 14, 1905:  "JASPER NEWTON STUBBS -
Again has our city been visited and one of our most honored
and highly respected citizens has been called to answer the
summons of death.  This time it was Mr. JASPER NEWTON STUBBS.
Our city was shocked when on Monday afternoon on July the
third the sad intelligence of the serious illness of this
grand old man was scattered over the city and sadder still
were our citizens when in a short while the announcement that
he was dead.  While Mr. STUBBS had been in feeble health for
a number of months and was complaining only a few days prior
to his death he had seemed in better spirit the day of his
death than he had for several days and his friends were
hopeful of his restoration to his usual health.  He was taken
suddenly while at the dinner table and while all possible
assistance was given him he never rallied from the attack.
He was not in pain however and was perfectly conscious until
the very moment of his death.  He talked and told him wife
and the family who were at his side that he would be better
in a few moments, but such was not the case for the Grim
Reaper had called for him and he must go.  His wife and
children and the relatives were with him at the time of his
death administering to his wants in whatever way they could. 
He never lacked for the very best of attention.  It was his
time and he had to go.  JASPER NEWTON STUBBS was born near
Worthen, Washington county October the 18th, 1837 so was in
his sixty-nineth year at the time of his death.  He was a
member of the First Regiment Company A, which went out from
Sandersville among the first companys to enter service in the
Civil War, and remained until the close.  During the latter
part of the war he was a captain of his company and it is
said by all who knew him that a braver and more fearless
soldier never entered service for his county.  In the year
1887 he was married to Miss SUSIE PEDDY of near Sandersville,
who has been his companion until his death.  He was the
father of three children two of whom are living the other
having died whan a child.  His living children are Miss
MAMMIE and WILLIE.  Mr. STUBBS leaves a wife, two children,
two brothers, and three sisters to mourn his loss.  His
brothers are, Messrs. ARCHIE STUBBS of Oconee, and FRANK
STUBBS of Augusta.  His sisters are, Mrs. RENFROE, of
Cartersville, Mrs. AINSWORTH and Mrs. WOOD, of Sandersville,
and Mrs. JOYNER, of Rome.  He was a member of Antioch Baptist
church of Washington county, having joined when he was about
nineteen years of age.  He was considered by all to be a most
pious gentelmen in every sense of the word.

A consecrated christian, an indulgent father, an effectionate
husband, and a friend that one might well feel proud of, he
was a most estimable gentleman and his departure while deeply
regretted but gains for him an entrance into that rest that
remaineth for the people of God.  He will be missed by his
family and relatives, by his friends whom he numbered by his
acquaintances, and by his town.    The funeral was conducted
at the Baptist church at Harrison and the interment was
beside his son in the cemetery at that place.  A number of
friends accompanied the body to its resting place to pay
tribute to their friend.  The Courier with their many other
friends drops a tear of sympathy with the bereft relatives
and friends over the loss of this noble old man, and can add
that He doeth all things well and for the best.[]